The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-06-10
JGSSiRJaneS.
Missouri City Correspondence OF theGIobc
Democrat.


uels, mother OF the James boys, in the
northern part of this lCIav) county.
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Iarm IS one OF the best in the county,.
To the west and south beautiful and
av+sns,,-o hIro,.o., ,o.+u,os lie
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win lowing heFdS grazing IheEeUpoH'
while nOrthWard the country Is hcaV!-
ly timbered, with many by-paths leud-
inc thror.h oA+iras +rayaIa5
hv Tr9nI and .Tassa IN
The nidn;ght boYrs when visi-ina
Their old home. The Samuels house
is p. one-storv structure. with the ey-
ceDtion OF the front. which hasa small
attic room above, with small win.
d0ws. which has been described in the
past as "pOrt holes" through which
Jesse and Frank would pour forth
their deadly vOlleys on ali who might
dare ATTEMPT their capture. The IL"
is long, and contains four rooms, with
a porch extending along the south
side. The house fIOuts east, and was
built in the early davs, and its design
was such as was quite fashionable in
the pioneer times.
On arriving at the house, and after
timidly knocking at the door, Mrs.
Samuels opened it and kindly invited
US in, where were seated her son John
and wife and daughter, and her hus-
band. with their families, they having
gathered there to spend and enjoy
the bright, beautiful Sabbath daY.
Mrs. Samuels was quite talkatiVe
from the first, and was not at
all reticent or reserved in
her conversation during the stay
OF two hours. She is a large, portly
woman, close on to six feet tall, verv
graceful and easy in her bearing. Her
head is covered with silverv-gray locks.
which add much to her attractive an
pearance. Her eyes are steel gray,
and continually moving in their sock
cts, closely observing everything,
though in such a way as to be hardiv
noticeable. Her presence and anDear.
ance indicate a lady OF more than or
dinarv intelligence. She is sixtv.tbree
years of age.
She talked of Jesse and Frank. as+o
how thew had lived and the many
ways and means that were empIoved
in attempting to effect their
capture, but at no time did she
speak harshlv orexhibit anv iII-feelino
toward those who made the efforts.
not even in speaking OF Robert Ford,
gor of the nights when her home was
raided by Pinkerton's hand of detect
ives, and a hand.prenade, wranned in
an old punnv-saCk saturated with oiI
was thrown through the window and
on exploding caused theIoss other little
boy, as well as her own arm.
"Do Won miss the loss of vour arm
as much as at first?"
S'Yes; more. I believe as 7 GROW old
er B6t thern is another loss suf.
Tered on that memorable cold Janu-
arv NIGHT that Ifeel more-thatr robbed
me OF mucn sunsfhiine-tihe loss OF nv
fair. sweet. Young bow. He was eight
wears of AGE, and he often would saw
to me: "Mamma. isn't it strange that
both the men I was named after were
TiIledp His name was Archie Pavton.
.Eesse having christened him after two
az his Guerrilla friends who we're killed.
And t6e moor little fellow was Filled
too The lanes bows we're not at
home that nipf,It.
IN sneakino of both Frank and Jesse.
AF,.e samnais would invariabIv saw
.the aJames bovsn
part "a tbe hand d.orenade she has in
.bar aossession VET
aIIow often would the bovs come
to see von91 she was asked
..Not yeyv freorantIv Frant, was
away once for fonr years. that was
.svb;Ie ba pas +, Tannassaa Fightaan
r,ontbs va 8, the IS. LONGEST ,er;od .Tassa
sv..s, s-re,l ran a,oaire5 awav Ha wonld come